The facility is specifically designed for wild birds and can house a wide range of passerines, waterfowl, shorebirds and raptors either caged or gang-housed. It has 6 large indoor climate and light controlled rooms,12 outdoor covered aviaries including wet pens that can be flooded to create a shoreline and freshwater pond. Special diets can be prepared on site. FAAR has a fully equipped procedures lab for doing experimental work on research animals and processing and storing samples. A new environment chamber is currently under construction within the facility to manipulate temperature, humidity and light over large ranges.
For more information on getting a tour or for housing your research project in FAAR, contact the Project Manager Monique Burmester monique.burmester@usask.ca or the Facility Director Dr. Christy Morrissey christy.morrissey@usask.ca